Makeblock’s mBot is an excellent toy for young programmers looking to challenge their knowledge and electronics skill in ...

San Francisco A.I. startup Anki has a great reputation for making robot cars you can race with your phone. And considering all three founders got their start at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotic Institute, ...

Kids can now get into robotics as early as pre-kindergarten (PK) with Sphero indi, a cute learning robot that looks like it was inspired by the “Cars” animation. The gizmo is the creation of Sphero, a ...

The $180 pet robot is so cute and vulnerable, you might love it more than your dog. It’s hard to say the exact moment when I think of Cozmo as an actual little creature. One minute he’s snoring on the ...

And then there’s the fact that kids can find AI-enabled toys uncanny. The Good Housekeeping Institute hasn’t had the ...

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One of the hottest toys on the market this Christmas isn’t a toy at all — at least, that’s what Sphero CEO Paul Berberian would like you to think. For years, Berberian resisted using the word “toy” ...

Robots are always one of two things: unbelievably adorable, or terrifying, creepy, and ready to take over the world. Fortunately for you, this is a slideshow of the former. Not all robots will ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A startup that tried to advance the dream of intelligent robots in the home with its toy robot Cozmo is shutting down. San Francisco-based Anki began laying off its employees last ...

"Cubix" combines the clanky charms of robots with stark looks of computer graphics to come up with a kids' show, that by all appearances might be classified as warm and fuzzy. The story centers on ...

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We've been interacting with robots through our phones and speakers. Now they’re starting to come out of our gadgets and get more involved in our lives. WSJ's David Pierce looks at the ways robots will ...